2 Samuel 18:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; ”

2 Samuel 18:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Against Israel - Implying that the revolt was in a great measure that of the ten tribes, Saul’s party, against the kingdom. The wood of Ephraim - This would naturally be sought in the west of...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the (c) wood of Ephraim; (c) So called, because the Ephraimites (as some say) fed their cattle beyond Jordan in this wood....
2 Samuel 18:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 18:1 to 1 Samuel 19:8 . Defeat and Death of Absalom. David's Grief (J). 2 Samuel 18:1-8 . Absalom's followers are defeated with great slaughter. Nothing is known as to the battle-f...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wood of Ephraim . Compare Joshua 17:15-18
2 Samuel 18:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
2 Samuel 18:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the battle was in the wood of Ephraim— It is supposed that this wood, which was in Gilead, not far from Maanaim, took its name either from the victory which Gideon gained over Oreb and Zeeb, ki...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; The battle was in the wood of Ephraim, х ya`ar ( H3293 ), a forest, or dense growth of tre...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Defeat and Death of Absalom 1. Numbered] rather, 'mustered.'
2 Samuel 18:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The wood of Ephraim. — No wood of Ephraim on the eastern side of the Jordan happens to be elsewhere mentioned in Scripture. Yet it is plain that the battle must have been on that side of the rive...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIII. ABSALOM'S DEFEAT AND DEATH. 2 Samuel 18:1-18 . WHATEVER fears of defeat and destruction might occasionally flit across David's soul between his flight from Jerusalem and the bat...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the End of an Unfilial Son 2 Samuel 18:1-15 Absalom's army was soon across the river under Amasa, David's nephew, 2 Samuel 17:25-26 . Though political reasons constrained David to flight, his...
2 Samuel 18:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The delay advised by Hushai resulted in multitudes gathering to David, and at last the day of battle between those loyal to him and Absalom's followers arrived. Two men attract our attention, David a...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; (7) Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a grea...
2 Samuel 18:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So the people went out into the field against Israel ,.... Josephus e calls it a great field, with a wood behind it: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim ; or near it f rather; not in a wood...
2 Samuel 18:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; Ver. 6. And the battle was in the wood of Ephraim. ] So called, because it was opposite Ephraim; or...
2 Samuel 18:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David had taken full advantage of the delay that Hushai had counselled to Absalom, with large numbers of the people being gathered to David. Now the time comes for war with Absalom, who has considere...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preparations for Battle. B. C. 1023. 1 And David numbered the people that were with hi...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So called, not from its situation in the tribe of Ephraim, which was on the other side Jordan, as is evident; but from some memorable action or occurrent of the Ephraimites beyond, Jordan; whether it...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 18:1 . “David numbered,” etc. “The hardy mountaineers of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their chieftains.”— (Jamieson.) Josephus says the...
2 Samuel 18:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 18:2 . A third part under Ittai, the Philistine general who had faithfully followed the fortunes of the king. 2 Samuel 18:6 . The wood of Ephraim lay beyond Jordan, and was not in the...
2 Samuel 18:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

And David numbered the people that were with him. The fatal fight This chapter is a narrative of that fatal fight wherein Absalom the son, fought with David his father for the kingdom of Israel...
2 Samuel 18:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 18:1 And David numbered. The verb really means that he organized his army, and arranged it in companies and divisions. As Absalom gathered all Israel to him, there wou...
2 Samuel 18:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Absalom
2 Samuel 18:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 17:15 ; Joshua 17:18 ; Judges 12:4-6

2 Samuel 18:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 18:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 18:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 18:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 18:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 18:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 18:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 18:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 18:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 18:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 18:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 18:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge